Serge Latouche is a French philosopher and economist. An outspoken critic of globalisation and what he calls the westernisation of the world, he also denounces consumer society and the illusions fuelled by current economic theories. Southworld met him. “Like the Bible’s prodigal son, we are living more on our assets than on our income. It…
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Europeans are so busy talking about their ‘global’ crisis that cannot realize how the present economic slump is a Western affair. Certainly Europe and the USA are the main engines of the World economy; and the present crisis is a case in point: its effects are felt everywhere else. Yet, Africa’s growth of the…
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Concluding the Special Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, Pope Francis in his homily said with a witty remark that the final document speaking of…
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0ne day, a long time ago when there was a famine in a certain part of Africa, Hare met Hyena. “How thin you are looking,” said…
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During the Synod for Amazonia, we heard stories of young Indios who struggle against environmental exploitation, in recognition of their own identity, and they want to…
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